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Spoiler-Free Film Review: “Hunting Daze” (SXSW)

Writer/director Annick Blank’s French-language Canadian thriller Hunting Daze blends harshly realistic scenarios with dizzying drug-trip sequences. The result is a fascinating, often disturbing look at toxic masculinity.  Sex worker Nina (Nahéma...
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Spoiler-Free Film Review: “Natatorium” (SXSW)

Writer/director Helena Stefansdottir’s Icelandic thriller Natatorium is the type of film where you just know that something is off from the onset, and the mystery as to what exactly is happening keeps you wrapped up until the climactic reveal. The...
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The 24th Annual Boston Underground Film Festival Announces Its Incredible Line-Up Of Genre-Shattering Films

Every year, genre-film aficionados can expect a wild, wooly mix of unusual cinematic fare from the Boston Underground Film Festival. This year's edition features slashers, spiders, and sleepers among its drool-worthy choices. Following is the...
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Spoiler-Free Film Reviews: “The Funeral” and “Custom” (FrightFest Glasgow)

THE FUNERAL (CENAZE; Turkey, 2023) Hearse driver Cemal (Ahmed Rifat Sunger) takes a job of which he is leary from the start: driving away with the body of a murdered young woman named Zeynep (Cansu Türedi) and hiding away with the corpse for a...
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